Hello im saying this is counting the cost on your look at the world of business and economics this week a special from iran that iran has always been able to work around crippling sanctions but the coronavirus pandemic that killed thousands has trashed the economy what kind of economy will emerge. No country in the middle east was hit harder by the corona virus pandemic than iran. Its recorded more deaths than anywhere in the region and total infections are still rising overall rates are slowing down but an officially the numbers are widely believed to be much higher. And the government initially downplayed the pandemic in a speech in the early days of the outbreak Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described it as a non emergency and said the United States remains the biggest threat to the country. And during the 1st meeting of a Task Force President Hassan Rouhani set up to respond to the crisis he predicted the emergency would be over in 3 days. Irans enemies of pausing to scare
Beauty business she originally. Investigates. On aljazeera. Hello im saying this is counting the cost on your look at the world of business and economics this week a special from iran that iran has always been able to work around crippling sanctions but the coronavirus pandemic that killed thousands has trashed the economy what kind of economy will emerge. No country in the middle east was hit harder by the corona virus pandemic than iran. Its recorded more deaths than anywhere in the region and total infections are still rising overall rates are slowing down but an officially the numbers are widely believed to be much higher. And the government initially downplayed the pandemic in a speech in the early days of the outbreak Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described it as a non emergency and said the United States remains the biggest threat to the country. And during the 1st meeting of a Task Force President Hassan Rouhani set up to respond to the crisis he predicted the emergency
As a protest rage over Police Brutality and coronavirus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u. S. Elections on a. Hello im saying this is counting the cost on aljazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week a special from iran that iran has always been able to work around crippling sanctions but the coronavirus pandemic that killed thousands has trashed the economy what kind of economy will emerge. No country in the middle east was hit harder by the corona virus pandemic than iran its recorded more deaths than anywhere in the region and total infections are still rising overall rates are slowing down but an officially the numbers are widely believed to be much higher. And the government initially downplayed the pandemic in a speech in the early days of the outbreak Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Back of that record, record, record we cannot say that enough because we have indices at fresh record highs and the u. S. Stocks one of them, 23rdthe s p 500 this year. That is playing into the session, the nikkei 225, up. 80 today, and we saw that rally rod base in the session but in japan, the focus is on financials because we had a number of banks yesterday recording better than stronger forecast for the year ahead. What alsos claim into the dynamic are gdp figures what is also playing into that dynamic are the gdp figures. A lot worse than what was expected with the contraction of 1. 2 , and retail and business spending, as well. Lets switch to korea because we are coming back from an extended holiday on wednesday. The kospi pushing up high, 1. 4 , softening the weakness we saw in u. S. Housing and retail sales. We are also seeing the focus in korea is on how korea is trying to boost its online stock market with the program that mirrors what we have seen in japan so far, and we do
He is now the green Party President ial candidate, author and activist and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University running for president. Professor, why did you decide to enter the race . Guest first, i just want to thank you. I entered the race because i think we are at such a low point in the history of america. We have got to reintroduce each other to the best of ourselves, the best of our tradition. [indiscernible] we are at a point now where there is so much hatred and not enough talk about love and justice, not enough talk about something bigger than ourselves. What is bigger . Truth. I am in it because im engaged in the quest for truth and justice. For me, it is a matter of raising my voice and making sure that we acknowledge the ways in which the twoparty system is an impediment for dealing with the problems of working people here and around the world. Both parties have big money, wall street [indiscernible] u. S. Troops in 150 countries, . 57 for every dollar going to the m